Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania

Pa. Woman Accused of Stealing Baby Charged With Homicide:

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PITTSBURGH — A woman suspected of cutting open a pregnant woman's uterus and stealing the baby has been charged with homicide, unlawful restraint and kidnapping, police said Sunday.

Andrea Curry-Demus, 38, of Wilkinsburg, is charged in the death of Kia Johnson, 18, of McKeesport. Curry-Demus is accused of taking the baby boy to a Pittsburgh hospital and claiming it was her own.

Johnson's body was found Friday in Curry-Demus's apartment. The body was positively identified through dental records, Allegheny County Medical Examiner Karl Williams said Sunday.

Police said Sunday that the two likely met during visitation at the Allegheny County Jail. Police believe they were there at the same time to visit different inmates.

Curry-Demus showed up at the hospital Thursday with a newborn that still had the umbilical cord attached, police said. Tests later proved that she was not the mother.

Police said Curry-Demus then said she bought the baby for $1,000 from the baby's mother.

In 1990, Curry-Demus, then known as Andrea Curry, was accused of stabbing a woman in an alleged plot to steal the woman's infant. A day after that stabbing, Curry-Demus snatched a 3-week-old baby girl from a hospital. The baby was found unharmed with Curry-Demus at her home the next day.

Curry-Demus pleaded guilty in 1991 to various charges from both incidents and got three to 10 years in prison, according to court records. She was paroled in August 1998.

Who would have thought that somebody with a history of stealing babies would have killed a woman to steal her baby. What kind of level of depravity do you have to stoop to in order to not only kill an innocent woman but to gut her like a god dammed animal.

One point for the murder, hell, I'll give her 2 more points for taking the baby the way she did, another point for the fact that this serial psychopath was allowed to run around, and one more point for trying to scam the hospital into thinking you were the baby's mother. That's five.

Pennsylvania

Boyfriend Charged In New Castle Baby Death:

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New Castle police charged 23-year-old Mark Strickler in connection with the death of a toddler on Wednesday.

They said Strickler beat his girlfriend's 18-month-old son inside his house so badly that it put him in a coma.

The boy was on life support for 11 days, but died Tuesday night.

New Castle Police Chief Tom Sansone said there were injuries all over the baby’s body, including the face and chest.

What possible reason could anyone have for beating an 18-month-old child to death that isn't even their's?

One point for being a troglodyte, another point for the brutal beating, and one last point for beating a kid that isn't even yours you scumbag. That's three.

Pennsylvania

Coroner: Fatally Beaten Toddler Had Been Abused Before:

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YORK, Pa. -- A York City toddler who police said suffered a fatal beating the day after her second birthday had previously been the victim of abuse, the Dauphin County coroner said.

Doctors pronounced Darisabel Baez, 2, dead at Penn State Hershey Medical Center Monday at 9:30 p.m. Police said her mother's boyfriend, Harve Johnson, 26, beat her with a video game controller and cord on Sunday at the mother's home on West Philadelphia Street.

Dauphin County coroner Graham Hentrick said there were bruises and other injuries all over Darisabel's body. Hentrick said an autopsy performed on Tuesday showed the injuries preceded Sunday's fatal beating. Hentrick called the case one of the worst child abuse cases he has ever seen.

Johnson is charged with homicide. Baez's mother, Neida Baez, 19, is charged with endangering the welfare of a child. Police said she did not do anything to prevent the abuse.

Why do women like this continue to stay with these men when they know they're abusing their children?

Mother is the word for God on the lips and hearts of children everywhere.

One point for the abuse, one point for the murder, one more point for the mother not doing anything to stop it, and one last point for staying with an obvious abuser. That's four.

Pennsylvania

Police: Son beat then cut mother:

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CLEARFIELD — Angry over a dispute about a stolen computer, a 20-year-old Houtzdale man beat his mother, cut her throat, then read her the Bible as she died, state police said.

Jesse James Campbell told his girlfriend he wanted to kill his mother and make it look like a burglary because she was going to tell police he stole her computer, according to court documents.

Cindy Jo Coleman, 49, was found dead in the apartment she shared with her son, at 48 Terrace Drive in Houtzdale, early Thursday morning by her parents. They went searching for their daughter after state police received a tip that Campbell intended to kill her.

Campbell took latex gloves, and told his girlfriend he “was going to make it look like a burglary.”

When he returned, Campbell told his girlfriend “it got messy,” and asked her to throw away his clothes, according to court documents.

Campbell told his girlfriend he hit Coleman in the face with a five-pound plastic weight, choked her, then cut her throat with a steak knife, court documents state.

He told his girlfriend he heard his mother choking on her blood, then read the Bible to her as she died, according to the criminal complaint.

Police arrested Campbell on Thursday morning and charged him with criminal homicide and aggravated assault. He was arraigned and sent to Clearfield County Prison without bail.

According to court documents, Campbell pleaded guilty in Clearfield County Court in 2005 to a charge of theft by unlawful taking. At the time he was a juvenile, but a judge found his “extensive prior record as a juvenile” and his “failures at rehabilitation, as well as his total disregard to court-ordered recommendations,” were cause for him to be tried as an adult.

Do you know the best way to stay out of jail? How about not fucking stealing anything in the first place. Did you really think that killing your own mother was going to keep your stupid criminal ass out of jail? The Governor of Pennsylvania, the Honorable Ed Rendell, is a big proponent of the death penalty.

One point for the murder, another point for not just returning her computer, another point for being a dumbass and trying to cover it up, and one more point for having the audacity to even touch a bible after killing your own mother. That's four.

Nod of Doom to AnselmosSyringe.

Pennsylvania

Johnstown Man Accused Of Beating 3 Children He Was Trying To Adopt:
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A Johnstown man is accused of beating three young children he was trying to adopt.

Christopher Ellis, 31, of Sell Street, faces charges of assault and endangering children, a felony.

The three children, who were all younger than the age of 10, are back in foster care.

Investigators said the three children were beaten with a paddle with several air holes drilled in it. Police said Ellis' beatings caused bleeding and soreness so intense the children couldn't sit in their chairs at school.

"How many people paddle their children to the extent where they have blood coming from their rear end, or they can't sit down for a long period of time afterward? We believe that to be excessive, as well as the DA's office did, and with them we filed the charges," said Johnstown police Capt. Andy Frear.

You know what the holes are for? To cut down on wind resistance. No joke. Don't ask me how I know. Assclowns like this really piss me off since I'm an adoptee. I hope where he's going that he'll have bleeding and soreness so bad he won't be able to sit down.

Pennsylvania

Police: Connellsville Man Claims Rape Of 5-Year-Old Accidental:
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CONNELLSVILLE, Pa. -- Police said a Fayette County man claimed he sexually assaulted a 5-year-old by accident.

Connellsville officials arrested Jeremiah McGee, 25, on Thursday and charged him with several felony counts.

Police said the girl was in McGee's care at his West Cedar Avenue home for the weekend when the alleged assault happened.

According to police, when McGee was interviewed, he told them the assault must have been an accident.

Court papers said he admitted to sleeping in bed with the girl when he heard a noise, which police said might have been the girl screaming for help.

He said the alleged assault might have happened while he was asleep, dreaming.

Sleep child raping. That's a new one on me. I hope he's wide awake when he gets his on jail.

Pennsylvania

Woman Jailed for Swinging Baby Like Bat:
Reason to Blow Up the World This was actually featured in News of Doom 1.0 but since we've started over here it is again.

ERIE, PA. -- A Pennsylvania woman has been sentenced to five to 10 years in prison for swinging her infant son like a baseball bat at her boyfriend, fracturing the infant's skull.

Chytoria Graham, 28, was fighting with boyfriend, DeAngelo Troop, after a night of drinking when she grabbed four-week-old Jarron by his feet and swung him, hitting Troop.

How much do you have to drink before you think using your own baby as a foreign object is a good idea? Either that or the question should be what was she drinking? Maybe lighter fluid. Why do people like this even bother having kids?

Nod of Doom to April for the link.

Pennsylvania

Woman beaten, raped along subway tracks: (Log in info)
Reason to Blow Up the World: The fact that some deviant predator raped and beat this woman so bad that her injuries were so extensive that police could not interview her. And when a Captain of a Special Victims Unit says that the level of violence is alarming he's not exaggerating. I hope they catch this scumbag soon. Per the article...

Anyone with information about the attack can contact the police Special Victims Unit at 215-685- 3251. Callers can remain anonymous.

We have an Update of Doom on the 7/12/05 News of Doom about the kid from the Streets of South Philly, Richard Johnson, who was going on to college to make something of himself but was needlessly gunned down. A suspect has been arrested...

Police have arrested a 16-year-old South Philadelphia youth in the fatal shooting of a June graduate of St. Joseph's Preparatory School.

At a late-morning press conference today at Police Headquarters, police officials identified the suspect as Alante Manigault of the 1500 block of South Dorrance Street. Manigault now faces murder, aggravated assault and weapons violations in connection with the July 9 killing.

Manigault was arrested without incident about 7 p.m. Monday in the 2100 block of East Somerset Street in Kensington, police said.

Not surprising that the shooter was from Kensington. Anyone from the Philly area knows what I mean.

"It appears that this was just some stupid little encounter ... brought on by the fact that an individual was armed with a weapon and as a result felt a lot more brazen that he would have otherwise," said Capt. Richard Ross.

All that promise gone for no real reason. My thoughts and prayers go out to the Johnson family.

SUSPECT NABBED IN McDERMOTT CASE: (Log in info)
This is a follow up to the 5/18/05 News of Doom about the case of Trish McDermott who was ruthlessly shot in the back of the head as she stepped off a city bus while she made her way to work. A suspect has been apprehended...

AUTHORITIES last night were in the process of charging a 43-year-old Logan man with the execution-style shooting of X-ray technician Trish McDermott in Center City two months ago.

A police source identified the suspect, who was taken into custody Tuesday night, as Juan Covington, of 11th Street near Ruscomb. Covington is a former SEPTA employee, a SEPTA spokesman said last night. A source said he may have worked at Pennsylvania Hospital, where the victim worked.

The motive for the slaying is still unclear. Covington did not admit to the crime during a day of questioning yesterday, a source said. During a search of his house last night, cops found explosives, including hand grenades, police said.

Grenades? Anyway for those of you who don't know SEPTA is the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority.

Hopefully we will see justice served for the McDermott family.

Virginia
Mother charged after kids take turns in trunk:
Reason to Blow Up the World: What is this? Year of the trunk? This is like the 3rd or 4th News of Doom story that involved kids in a trunk this year. If you can't fit all the kids in the car like most humans then maybe you shouldn't be taking the trip.

TOF to Deb Barr

Tennessee

Memphis Man Indicted For Murder of 4-year-old:
Reason to Blow Up the World: The fact that this assclown shot and killed his four-year-old step-grandson for playing with his tools. (Log in info) Yeah, that's a real logical way of dealing with things. He's eligible for the death penalty.

TOF to Stig Mata.

Indiana

Police: Teen hit for not sharing underwear:
Reason to Blow Up the World: That's a real good reason to beat your kids. Because a 17-year-old boy wouldn't share his underwear with his sister. Who was also beat for trying to come to her brother's aid. Nice parenting.

TOF to Stig Mata.

Mass.

Editor of youth publishing group arrested on sex charges:
Reason to Blow Up the World: Is there any part of children's entertainment or education that doesn't have pedophiles running wild through it? You could make a fortune if you came up with some kind of molester armor for kids.

Pennsylvania

STAR GRAD SHOT TO DEATH: (Log in info)
Reason to Blow Up the World: The fact that a promising kid from the streets of Philly who was trying to make a difference in the world was needlessly gunned down. My prayers and condolences go out to his family. According to the article...

Anyone with information about the shootings is asked to call the homicide division at 215-686-3334.

Washington

Man Accused Of Impregnating 10-Year-Old:
Reason to Blow Up the World: It's pretty obvious isn't it? How could any male of legal age do that to a 10 year-old-girl especially when she's his own stepdaughter? I think once he gets to prison they should hand out barbed wire covered baseball bats to his fellow inmates.

Nod of Doom to Stig Mata.

New York

Teen nabbed in sex-attack try:
Reason to Blow Up the World: The fact that a 15-year-old kid had such conviction towards raping a woman that he bashed her on the head with his cast. Luckily he was discovered before he could rape her.

Nod of Doom to Gotham Asian.

Pennsylvania

3 DEAD IN DELCO RAMPAGE: (Log in info)
Reason to Blow Up the World: If today's first story didn't want to make you kill yourself this one will. A 23 year-old-man, Larry Richardson, beat his pregnant cousin, Jamillah Handy, and her 6-month-old daughter, Tanisha Nix, to death. The suspect also beat two of her other children but they are improving. Police used tasers, and beanbag guns on him before eventually shooting him after he grabbed an officer's gun. Even after being shot in the stomach he continued to struggle with police for 10 minutes before being declared DOA on the way to the hospital.

A follow up to yesterday's News of Doom. The Philly PD is now saying that the 12-year-old girl was not actually being held captive but hiding from her guardian possibly because she had bad grades. (Log in info)

Georgia

Teacher Slashes Wrists in Class:
Reason to Blow Up the World: Not only the fact that someone who is supposed to be entrusted with the safety and welfare of our children abused that trust by molesting the students she was employed to teach but that fact that she slit her wrist with a piece of broken glass in front of 21 students. I hope she tried to go down the road and not across the street.

Nod of Doom to Steve Huff who also has an even more disturbing account.

Pennsylvania

Missing girl found in cellar:
Reason to Blow Up the World: Not only the fact that this poor girl's guardians kept her in a crawl space in the basement with just a bedpan and a cereal bowl is bad enough but the fact that charges haven't been filed yet is disheartening. Hopefully that just means that the Philly DA's office is compiling a list of charges. (Log in info)

New York

Mother's milk saves vet set ablaze on bus:
Reason to Blow Up the World: Notwithstanding the unique way the fire was extinguished but for the sole fact that these 15-year-old assclowns would try to set a disabled Vietnam Vet on fire. I say that he gets a chance at trying to set them on fire.

Pennsylvania

Mom shot dead in Center City:
Reason to Blow Up The World: The fact that a hard working mother of two was shot in the back of the head for no apparent reason. No robbery. No assault. Just a bullet to the back of her head. I can't even imagine how deranged the killer must be to callously end someone's life like that. (Log in info)

Illinois

Two Young Girls Found Dead Near Chicago:
Reason to Blow Up the World: Details are still sketchy on this one and I may be jumping the Gun of Doom but since police are treating this as a homicide I'm going to award the point to Ill. There's no reason to kill two 8-year-old girls. If this is indeed a homicide I hope the culprit resists arrest and gets put in general population.

For more info see Steve Huff.

Update: The victims have been identified as Laura Hobbs And Krystal Tobias and there were multiple stab wounds on each girl.

Nod of Doom to Steve Huff.

Mass.

Accused Geese Stomper Free On Bail:
Reason to Blow Up the World: How much of a puss do you have to be to threatened by goslings? I don't care if the mother goose was so nasty that it required the Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch or it's goose equivalent. If you feel it necessary to stomp a goose to death and kick the goslings because you fell down in the mud then you have deeper issues. Let the punishment fit the crime. I think one pissed off cop in his standard issue boots ten minutes alone with guy will work.

Nod of Doom to Joker.

Pennsylvania

Defendants charged with having sex with an animal
Reason to Blow Up the World: The fact that two women would willingly have sex with a dog let alone have someone film it. Then I read about the cameraman's meth charges and then it all made sense. Sort of. Don't be a tweaker kids. It makes you have sex with dogs. Not the figurative kind either.

Nod of Doom to Joker again.